My Sockapalooza pal, Jan from Indiana, sent me some absolutely fabulous socks and goodies! Check it out: The socks are made from Tofutsies yarn, and are soft and cabled and just the most lovely shades of blue. I can’t wait for the current heat wave to break so I can wear them! In the meantime, [...]
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Well, I didn’t quite finish my pal’s socks by August 1st, but I think the mailing deadline is the 7th so it’s all good. I really like how these came out, and I am fervently hoping they fit my pal. She has smaller feet than I do, and they look incredibly small to me! Then [...]
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Apparently, a shawl I knit four years ago has generated some interest at Knitting Daily. How exciting! But when I clicked the link to my own page, I realized that all of my actual current projects weren’t even mentioned on my current projects list. So, without further ado, here are my current projects: Clue #1 [...]
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The first sockapalooza sock is done! I have to say, I love cables in socks, even if the colors are a little too busy to see them well. I did the picot cuff for the second sock at Sit & Knit tonight, so now it’s just a matter of doing the same thing I did [...]
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I started my sock pal’s socks a few days ago. The pattern and yarn combo didn’t work quite the way I was planning – for example, did you know that there are cables on that sock cuff? – but I think they’re still pretty. I really hope my pal likes them!
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Look what I got in the mail today! They fit perfectly, are extremely soft, and I just love the colors. Plus they have a pretty little cable alternating with the ribbing. This is the very first pair of handknit socks I own that I didn’t knit, and I think they fit better than any I’ve [...]
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Look! I’m so excited! These are quite the prettiest socks I’ve ever knit, and I really hope my sock pal loves them as much as I do. It’s just a couple of weeks before we mail them out, so I’m glad I finished them up early. Even though I started at the same point in [...]
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Sarah, when planning to steal random moments of knitting time during rehearsal, it helps to make sure that the knitting project you bring currently has the correct number of stitches on the needles – after all, you’re practically knitting in the dark. If you do discover that there’s a major error, it is not especially [...]
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OK, so it’s only one sock. But I’m super happy with how it came out. I actually knit a good deal of it during breaks in rehearsals, so it was a pretty easy lace pattern to keep track of. I grafted the toe last night, but I didn’t cast on the second sock because the [...]
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This is the beginning of my sockapalOOOza socks. The yarn is Regia Cotton Surf Color #5411, and I’m using a free pattern from sockbug called Lacy Scallops. I’m beyond pleased with how the pattern is working with the colors of the yarn, especially with the picot edging on top! It’s also going pretty quickly: this [...]
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